Teaching

Guest Lectures

Host-Parasite Interactions (MIC172), University of California, Davis, Spring 2020
Instructor: Dr. Katherine Ralston
Enrollment: 34 undergraduate students
Summary: For this course, I developed and presented two guest lectures on parasitic fungi. I also selected assigned readings to complement these lectures. Throughout the course, I observed Dr. Ralston’s teaching and contributed by developing and participating in student assessment. Exam and quiz questions that I wrote, as well as recordings of my lectures, are available in my teaching portfolio and by request.

Core Biology: Biotechnology (BIOS10130), University of Chicago, Spring 2017
Instructor: Dr. Navneet Bhasin
Enrollment: ~45 undergraduate students
Summary: For this course, my colleague, Daniela Palmer, and I developed and presented a guest lecture, “Mechanisms of Evolution, Drift, Flow, and Selection.” The class period was composed of part lecture and part small group work, which involved reading a science perspective article that covered a recent discovery related to evolution. Material that I developed related to this lecture is available in my teaching portfolio and by request.

Teaching Assistantships

Genetic Analysis of Model Organisms (MGCB31400), University of Chicago, Fall 2018
Instructors: Drs. Douglas Bishop, Edwin Ferguson, Heng-Chi Lee & Ivan Moskowitz
Enrollment: 52 graduate & undergraduate students
Responsibilities: Attended all lectures; held office hours; led a weekly discussion section on primary literature; graded problem sets & exams; met with students one-on-one

Leadership Alliance Summer Research Early Identification Program, University of Chicago, Summer 2017
Instructors: Drs. Janine Franklin & Adam Hammond
Enrollment: 9 undergraduate students
Responsibilities: Attended weekly events; met with students one-on-one; provided students with feedback on writing assignments & presentations

Molecular Biology of the Cell (BIOS20234), University of Chicago, Fall 2016
Instructors: Drs. Michael Glotzer & Alex Ruthenberg
Enrollment: 25 undergraduate students
Responsibilities: Attended all lectures; held office hours; led a weekly discussion section on primary literature; graded problem sets & exams; met with students one-on-one

Molecular Biology II (MGCB31300), University of Chicago, Spring 2014
Instructors: Drs. Jonathan Staley & Alex Ruthenberg
Enrollment: 11 graduate students
Responsibilities: Attended all lectures; held office hours; led a weekly discussion section on primary literature; graded problem sets & mock grant proposals; met with students one-on-one

Cell Biology Laboratory (BIOL281), Carleton College, Spring 2012
Instructors: Dr. Sabrice Gurrier
Enrollment: 18 undergraduate students
Responsibilities: Set up & attended all laboratories; graded lab reports; met with students one-on-one

Energy Flow in Biological Systems Laboratory (BIOL126), Carleton College, Winter 2011
Instructors: Dr. David Hougen-Eitzman
Responsibilities: Set up & attended all laboratories; graded lab reports; met with students one-on-one

Teaching Certificate

I have a certificate in college teaching through the University of Chicago Chicago Center for Teaching (CCT) program.

• Pedagogical training: Completed three courses, (1) Fundamentals in Teaching in Biological and Physical Sciences, (2) Entering Mentoring, (3) Course Design and College Teaching.
• Practice and feedback: Participated in an Individual Teaching Consultation (ITC), during which a discussion section that I led was observed and reported on by two graduate student CCT teaching consultants. Video of this discussion section and the ITC report are available on request.
• Documentation of my teaching: My teaching portfolio and the associated documents are available on request.

Additional Information

My teaching portfolio and video recordings of my teachings are available by request (see contact information).